Their energy is palpable. “It’s like—the things we’ve suppressed for
10, 20 years, it’s all blowing up now”, one worker says (at 3:59 in video above). He
points to a co-worker seriously. “Look at his face. He’s done 24. That’s
what a 24 looks like.” Then he cracks a smile. “Actually, you know, he used to be pretty [bleep] good-looking—at least if you shave that beard!”

The video was produced by students from Left 21, a left organisation in Hong Kong. Richard Chen, who translated it, writes:

On March 29th, 2013, about 200 dockworkers in Hong Kong went on strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal.

The strike, which has since expanded to about 500 dockers and crane
operators, is one of the most significant labor actions in Hong Kong's
recent history because this is the first time that a strike has targeted
Li Ka Shing. With an estimated net worth of US$31 billion, Li is the
eighth-richest man in the world. He has a monopoly stake in many
industries in Hong Kong and China, dictates much of Hong Kong's politics
and economic policy, and epitomizes Hong Kong's rampant social
inequality and the "get rich quick" capitalist ethos of the 1980s. The
dockworkers have garnered massive support from Hong Kong citizens, with
the strikers raising more than US$500,000 for their strike fund, much of
it collected from citizens at street corners.

As of April 17, the strike is in its third week,
with management refusing to accede to the docker's demands for wage
increases and improvements in their living conditions. You can hear them
speak for themselves about their work conditions in this video, which
was taken from the first day of the strike.